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Netflix announced today that a surprise documentary on Michelle Obama will be released on May 6th. It follows the former first lady on her 34-city book tour she took last year to promote her memoir Becoming. The documentary, also called Becoming, will offer a rare and up-close look at Obama’s life. 

The First Monday In May is a documentary that gives you a behind the scenes look at the year leading up to the event, and what it takes to get everything ready. It also brings up the long running debate on whether or not fashion should be considered art, and puts a pretty convincing argument towards why it should be.

Movies about fashion designers have been coming out one after another in the last couple of years. Some, like Yves Saint Laurent, are biopics that took a look at the designer’s life, while others, including Dior and I, Iris and the recently aired Traceable are a more traditional documentary. The latest is Alison Chernick’s short The Artist Is Absent, about Martin Margiela.